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| − | Als er per ongeluk één of meerdere bestanden verloren gaan uit een ''home-directory'' (H:-schijf) of een | + | Als er per ongeluk één of meerdere bestanden verloren gaan uit een ''home-directory'' (H:-schijf) of een netwerkschijf, dan is de kans groot dat ze terug gehaald kunnen worden. Voorwaarde voor het aanwezig zijn in de backup is dat het bestand aanwezig was tijdens een (nachtelijke) backup. |
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| − | If accidentally one or more files are lost from a ''home-directory'' (H:-disk) or a ''/vol-directory'', probably the files can be restored. | + | If accidentally one or more files are lost from a ''home-directory'' (H:-disk) or a ''/vol-directory'', probably the files can be restored. To be present on backup, a file must of course have existed during a (nightly) backup. |
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[eng]Different independent backup schemes are used[/eng]: | [eng]Different independent backup schemes are used[/eng]: | ||
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* [Dagelijkse backup naar][Daily backups to] tape. | * [Dagelijkse backup naar][Daily backups to] tape. | ||
* [Maandelijkse backup naar][Monthly backups to] tape. | * [Maandelijkse backup naar][Monthly backups to] tape. | ||
* [Jaarlijkse backup naar][Yearly backups to] tape. | * [Jaarlijkse backup naar][Yearly backups to] tape. | ||
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Revision as of 10:38, 23 May 2016
If accidentally one or more files are lost from a home-directory (H:-disk) or a /vol-directory, probably the files can be restored. To be present on backup, a file must of course have existed during a (nightly) backup.
Different independent backup schemes are used:
- Daily backups to tape.
- Monthly backups to tape.
- Yearly backups to tape.
Daily backup to tape
All server disk-partitions except temporary space like /tmp, /var/tmp, /scratch, are backed-up after each working day on a number of tapes. Because of the time it takes to do a backup, most of the times this is a so-called incremental dump, which means that only changes w.r.t. the previous backup are written. These backups are started each evening after 18:00 hours. These backup-tapes are preserved for four weeks.
Monthly and yearly backup to tape
Every weekend a subset of all server disk partitions are completely written to a couple of LTO6-tapes. Every partition is written to tape roughly once every four weeks. These monthly backup-tapes are preserved for one year. The yearly backups are performed around the Chrismas break (end of December and start of January) and are preserved for at least five years.
Backup server
The backups are made with the Amanda open source network backup software. The backup server, that was renewed in 2013, is a Dell PowerEdge R720xd with 44 TB disc space, that is used to make fast restores from disk possible. The backups are written to LTO-6 tapes in a Dell TL2000 tape library with 2 LTO6 drives and 24 slots. The new service reads and writes LTO-6, but it can also read the LTO-4 tapes that we used before.
Costs
The full backup schedule (Daily plus Monthly plus Yearly backups) costs 375 €/TB year. It breaks down to:
- Daily: 175 €/TB year
- Monthly: 140 €/TB year
- Yearly: 60 €/TB year
The costs of backup are the major part of the cost of C&CZ disc space.
